Oct 13 2007
ShoeMoney

Sponsor The RSS Blog Contest

72 people have said their piece on this post. What say you?

I have been really slacking in this RSS contest with John Chow. But trust I will prevail.

We have had some unreal things going on @ shoemoney media the last week. We had a new employee start monday. Dillsmack came down for the week so we could work on some projects. We made deals to do 2 more MAJOR MMA fighters ( we already do Matt Hughes website ) websites and do all of there online marketing/advertising. We also have several pretty cool new websites we will be launching and also will be having a contest where we will be paying for 1 lucky person to roll with us in vegas for pubcon. (we will pay for flight, hotel, pubcon conference, and 500$ spending money to the winner). Details Will be announced the last week in October for that. We are also sponsoring a major event at UFC77 and getting that all squared away……

Ok so other then that! I have this little contest with John chow going to see who can get the most RSS subscribers and I havent had time to do crap with it. So the last 2 weeks of this month I am going to start giving away a prize a day and we will also offer a really nice grand prize.

If you want to compete for the prizes it would be in your best interest to subscribe to the rss feed by feed reader and also email.

Right now we are looking for sponsors for the contest. Email your proposal to rsscontest@shoemoney.com

  1. Harshad said on October 13th, 2007 at 2:37 pm

    There is no doubt that your blog is better than John Chow’s ….maybe you are a bit behind but you are the best….Post something more about PPC and affiliate tricks that made you rich & trust me you will beat JC by a HUGE margin!!!! ALl the best!!!

  2. Nick Sullivan said on October 13th, 2007 at 2:47 pm

    Well, I’m subscribed but don’t have enough money to sponsor you. I’m broke. Good luck though, looking forward to seeing your future projects you’ve mentioned also.

  3. Chris Jacobson said on October 13th, 2007 at 2:54 pm

    I subscribed and e-mailed you about the sponsorship. Thanks! :)

  4. Web Hosting Reviews said on October 13th, 2007 at 2:55 pm

    I just sent a sponsorship offer through - I hope it matches up to the standard needed to be offered. Also, I’m EXTREMELY excited to learn about the Pubcon contest. That’s going to be extremely competitive - talk about a valued prize!

  5. Jonathan Volk said on October 13th, 2007 at 3:21 pm

    Great idea. :) I am already subscribed so I will keep an eye out. I wish I could offer something as a prize.

  6. Theo said on October 13th, 2007 at 3:24 pm

    I’m nominating you to be the winner of the contest.

  7. Collin said on October 13th, 2007 at 3:30 pm

    Well it should prove to be a close call between you to guys. I dont have anything to sponser you with at this point and I don’t think my good looks will help you at all Shoe. I am currently looking for a sponser to my contest I am haveing starting monday where the grand prise is 100,000.00 so if you or anyone else is interested please let me know and good luck bro.

  8. Matt Jones said on October 13th, 2007 at 3:42 pm

    Haha, John is not going to like you calling it a lilttle contest. :D

  9. Googlelady said on October 13th, 2007 at 3:48 pm

    Just sent a sponsorship offer to the email listed here.

  10. ShoeMoney said on October 13th, 2007 at 3:49 pm

    he knows it was sarcasim.

    I take all contests very seriously. I was the one who challenged him to it so… i need to get on it.

  11. Collin said on October 13th, 2007 at 4:44 pm

    I just thought of an Idea for a sponsership…..hope you like it Sir

  12. wethead said on October 13th, 2007 at 4:54 pm

    Hey Shoe,

    I just sent in a prize idea, Email me back if you like it :)

  13. Clarke Internet Marketing said on October 13th, 2007 at 5:13 pm

    John Chow is definetly pushing this competition hard, I read about it in half the posts over there

  14. Nick Sullivan said on October 13th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    Thanks :D

  15. CPA Affiliates said on October 13th, 2007 at 5:44 pm

    i knwo you are getting a late start but i am sure you will surpass him!

  16. mubin said on October 13th, 2007 at 6:28 pm

    shoemoney is doing things whitehat, ill pop over an email.

  17. Israel said on October 13th, 2007 at 7:16 pm

    already subscribed, hoping ya win.

  18. Aditya Kumar Singh said on October 13th, 2007 at 7:18 pm

    Just sent you a email jeremy :)

  19. Web Hosting Reviews said on October 13th, 2007 at 7:18 pm

    Chow has been pretty smart about offering prizes/contests through the RSS feed. Shoe coming on board with this strategy should do big things. Also, this whole competition is great link bait (like either of these 2 guys need it). Overall, it’s an incredibly slick marketing tactic, and they’re going to be able to do it on a shoestring budget by effectively trading advertising to contest sponsors. This friendly challenge really showcases the marketing prowess of Shoe and Chow.

  20. Collin said on October 13th, 2007 at 7:54 pm

    I sugested to Chow that instead of seeing who can increase there RSS subscribers the most that both Shoe and him should pick up a new blog along side them and try and grow both. I guess he thought that challange was to much to handle.

  21. Israel said on October 13th, 2007 at 7:55 pm

    sent in an email as well with an offer.

  22. Israel said on October 13th, 2007 at 7:56 pm

    doesnt chow already have some secret blog he has been working on? plus these guys have real business sites they are already running.

  23. Neil Duckett said on October 13th, 2007 at 8:00 pm

    Looks like an interesting end to the month.

  24. MillionBlogs said on October 13th, 2007 at 8:19 pm

    Just emailed you with some prize proposals

    Thank you

  25. MillionBlogs said on October 13th, 2007 at 8:26 pm

    That would be really interesting!!!
    I would offer them a keyblog to each one on MillionBlogs so they will start from scratch and see who’s the best :)
    I’d also like to see in this contest a few other top bloggers!
    Champions League? What do you say, Jeremy? :)

  26. Web Hosting Reviews said on October 13th, 2007 at 9:49 pm

    Why would they start new blogs and what would make the new blog valuable in terms of unique content? It doesn’t seem to fit either of their profiles to start something just for the sake of the contest - the contest is designed to effectively market existing, strong performing business entities. A new blog challenge would devalue the existing site if it shared similar content. If it didn’t, you’d see inequity in competition if they selected varied topics to blog about, or if one guy had vastly superior knowledge in a shared topic. Bad idea from my vantage point as it would largely be a waste of their time, simply to amuse a few blog readers.

  27. site funda said on October 13th, 2007 at 10:45 pm

    so, finally i did subscribed to your blog! LOL i subscribed to jhon’s aswell, to make the contest fair, j/k

  28. Men's Health Board said on October 13th, 2007 at 10:55 pm

    i think that the winner will be the one who will give incentive to subscribe… for me is to late tho… i’m already subscribed

  29. ArK47 said on October 13th, 2007 at 11:28 pm

    Forget the prizes… i’m glad you enabled email rss subscription.

  30. Blog Contests said on October 13th, 2007 at 11:44 pm

    You aren’t promoting your feed as heavily as him. Likewise you actually make money of people who aren’t your readers.

  31. Vickywebworld said on October 14th, 2007 at 12:53 am

    Shoemoney needs a little effort to win the contest with John

  32. Celebrities & Blog Tips said on October 14th, 2007 at 2:04 am

    Not true Shoe has a nice lead on John keep up the good work Shoe!

  33. Sensei said on October 14th, 2007 at 2:05 am

    Email sent :)

  34. entrepreneur said on October 14th, 2007 at 3:03 am

    I have already subscribed. Hope u win.

  35. Hyder said on October 14th, 2007 at 4:42 am

    Just emailed you with a prize offer.

  36. Instant Community said on October 14th, 2007 at 5:45 am

    You got me subscribed to your RSS.

    By the way dont worry about John Chow, you got this RSS competition in the bag Shoe! :)

  37. browie said on October 14th, 2007 at 7:09 am

    Interested to hear who or what type of person you hired. I still wish the three ladies I told would have contacted you.

  38. maurizio said on October 14th, 2007 at 7:45 am

    Hey, you can check on my blog to see a small table with the partial result of the RSS competition.

  39. Justin Cook said on October 14th, 2007 at 8:16 am

    I hate to say it, but this post has inspired me to actually subscribe to John’s RSS feed (I was already subscribed you yours!)

    Sorry….

  40. John Loch said on October 14th, 2007 at 8:30 am

    Sorry guys, but JC is gonna kick shoes ass into breakfast and back. No apologies either - its FACT !!!

    Shoes not quite in JCs class just yet - and it shows.. he’s barely even kicked off :P

  41. Gecko Tales said on October 14th, 2007 at 9:58 am

    It’s great to be busy when you’re having fun.

  42. Web Hosting Reviews said on October 14th, 2007 at 10:32 am

    Shoe not in JC’s class? Yeah right. More accurately, Shoe has way more stuff going on than just his blog to worry about. Chow is small time compared to Shoemoney.

  43. Tracy Robinson said on October 14th, 2007 at 11:04 am

    John Who? hahahaha

  44. David Wilkinson said on October 14th, 2007 at 11:38 am

    John… Cow, did you say?

    Small fish (beef?) compared to you Jeremy - go fry that herring.

  45. Suzanne Bucciarelli said on October 14th, 2007 at 12:26 pm

    Nice video …. signed up for your rss feed. Was wondering when you were going to get around to promoting that since you’re in the Chow/Shoemoney rss Feed contest. :)

  46. Theo said on October 14th, 2007 at 1:20 pm

    When are you announcing the new projects?

  47. JoeTech.com said on October 14th, 2007 at 1:49 pm

    I was wondering if you were going to make much noise about it. John Chow has been pushing it fairly well. Good luck to you both.

  48. ShoeMoney said on October 14th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

    This will probably be the last place you will hear about them ;)

  49. Word Hugger said on October 14th, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    Submitted my sponsorship. =)

  50. LeGo said on October 14th, 2007 at 3:10 pm

    interesting new little script when loading the home page… i would love to win the trip. don’t have the money to sponser now, but hopefully will soon.

  51. Clarke Internet Marketing said on October 14th, 2007 at 3:12 pm

    Wow, I didn’t know you guys did Matt’s website… I’m a big fan of him :)

  52. 賃貸　大阪 said on October 14th, 2007 at 6:41 pm

    I subscribed to your RSS. Can’t wait to hear about Pubcon!

  53. Web Hosting Reviews said on October 14th, 2007 at 8:59 pm

    Nice work on the interstitial - that should boost sub numbers significantly. I wonder how long until Chow implements the same thing…

  54. Graeme Mac said on October 14th, 2007 at 10:08 pm

    Shoe–> Anyway you can check the referrer on the RSS sign up? I clicked through on a post in my reader (Google) and it pops up asking me to subscribe. I know you’re in a contest but things like that bug me.

  55. Seo Next said on October 15th, 2007 at 5:42 am

    Great, i have added some offer in John chow blog from my side.Hope you will also allow , i will plan some thing and post here.

  56. Seo Next said on October 15th, 2007 at 5:47 am

    Yes there is huge chance for this blog.

  57. Seo Next said on October 15th, 2007 at 5:48 am

    cool i have just added below, even i,am waiting for shoe call.

  58. Seo Next said on October 15th, 2007 at 5:49 am

    Guys you are fast, i think i have to plan my offer fast.

  59. John Loch said on October 15th, 2007 at 6:03 am

    I’m sure he’s got LOADS going on.. he’ll be lucky to find the time to scratch himself let alone get anywhere with this.. probably why I copped that annoying popup when I visited.. please sign up to my feeds..

    Chow on the other hand is ALL OVER IT - a totally different class of marketer :)

    Man, don’t you know style and sophistication when you see it !? :P

  60. Joeychgo said on October 15th, 2007 at 7:21 am

    what about those of us who already subscribed?

  61. Internet Marketin Blog said on October 15th, 2007 at 8:41 am

    I think you’re going to have to come up with something a bit bigger than giving a way a few prizes to those that sign up, something John Chow is also doing. I do believe that the content on your blog is much better than his, but he is way more EVIL than you are. Perhaps you should reward people for unsubscribing to John Chow’s Blog.

    A few years back at a FlashForward conference in SanFrancisco Macromedia and Adobe were both giving away free copies of software that competed with each other. Macromedia had a huge dumpster next to their booth and they would give people an extra copy of Dreamweaver if they would throw their Adobe software in the dumpster. Thats the kind of thinking you’re going to need to beat John Chow. My two cents.

  62. CatherineL said on October 15th, 2007 at 10:53 am

    Amazing prize. I don’t often enter competitions, but you can count me in on this one.

  63. AussieWebmaster said on October 15th, 2007 at 12:52 pm

    a variation on link buying

  64. TeamTutorials said on October 15th, 2007 at 7:05 pm

    Today when I came to shoemoney I had a popup that asked me to subscribe. I think he is making an effort.

  65. wethead said on October 15th, 2007 at 9:41 pm

    What prize are you refering to as amazing?

    OR did you meana the contest was cool>?

  66. Instant Community said on October 16th, 2007 at 1:59 am

    Haha i am so in … :)

  67. costa said on October 16th, 2007 at 3:03 am

    Subscribed!
    Just to see John loose this one! LOL.

  68. Neon said on October 22nd, 2007 at 4:52 pm

    Hi Shoemoney. Do you still accept sponsor? Sending you an email now.

  69. Tony Smith said on October 26th, 2007 at 9:19 pm

    You’re both at the top of your crowd! May the best blogger win!

  70. Wecresque said on December 6th, 2007 at 4:28 am

    hey.. why your site opening so slow?

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